On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com>wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > > > The manual says: > > >pg_is_in_backup() bool True if an on-line exclusive backup is > still in progress. > > > > So clearly that is intentional. That could use some rephrasing, > > though; a layman won't know what an "exclusive backup" is. > > Heck, I don't understand what it is either. > Same here. Does it mean taking a backup not with pg_basebackup but by executing yourself external operations between pg_start/stop_backup calls? -- Michael